A band, mostly of people that were in a ton of side projects and underground obscure black metal bands from the early to mid 90's have came together into one big band, under the name of 1349. The name 1349 is rooted supposedly with the year that the Black Death or Bubonic Plague came into Norway, which is where this band hails from. Fronted by Ravn and with a very popular drummer from Satyricon, Frost, this band does nothing but put out generic black metal with an intense indulgence on speed. Their debut album is nothing shy of that. Starting off with the track, Manifest which is layered with intense drumming, obscure guitar riffs, and the growls of Ravn, it lays down what the rest of this album will have to offer.